Brooke Shields Takes Us Inside Her Manhattan Townhouse on Met Gala Day

As a modeling icon for the last four decades, Brooke Shields is a household name, and one who is more than comfortable in front of the camera. On Met Gala night, the super welcomed a Vogue camera crew into her own home, a townhouse in Manhattan’s West Village, giving us a glimpse inside her getting-ready routine. She appears every bit in her natural habitat, dressed in a clean white robe embroidered with her initials, and welcomes her glamour team with open arms.

At Shields’s address, it’s still a school night, of course, and that means she will be helping her preteen daughter with her algebra homework while perched in a hair-and-makeup chair. After a final cloud of hairspray, it’s time to “frock up,” as Shields says, in a strapless Zac Posen dress so grand it can barely fit in her walk-in closet. Naturally, Shields’s wide-eyed daughters can’t believe how cool their mom is when they find out. “They think that’s a big deal,” she says in that mom whisper as if her kids might be eavesdropping. Little did they know, Shields had to travel standing up in a minibus—because, wrinkles! Fortunately, there was not a crease in sight when she stepped onto the red carpet covered in Tiffany & Co. jewels. It’s all in a day’s work for the eternally chic Brooke Shields.

Watch the video above for a behind-the-scenes look at how the supermodel mom got ready for fashion’s biggest night out.